This place has potential, but our visit on opening weekend was riddled with issues.
You have to sign a waiver to use the batting cages, and buy a plastic card to store credits on. I tried paying cash, but the girl at the counter told me they're a cashless venue. That seemed strange, considering they have self serve machines that accept cash, but whatever, no big deal for me.
There are 10-12 batting cages. I think the fastest baseball machine is 70mph. There are three fast pitch softball machines. There are two machines that are both baseball and slow pitch softball. I think they'd be better suited swapping the roles, and having three dedicated slow pitch softball machines, and two multipurpose machines with baseball and fast pitch softball, but that's just my opinion based on observations at other batting cages.
Of those dozen or so machines, at least three of them were "under maintenance," on opening weekend.
The virtual pitcher on the screen is different to me, compared to just watching a machine. I didn't hate it, but it's definitely different from what I'm used to.
All of the cages have two different sized bats, and an adjustable helmet.
There are three pitching machines. My brother and I enjoyed them, while we were allowed to play. Before we left, two of the three were "under maintenance."
There are four big basketball games, and four small basketball games. Two of the big machines, the screens weren't displaying anything, so hard to play. It also seemed the machines weren't linked together properly, so my brother and I couldn't compete head to head.
We wanted to try the mini bowling, but all four lanes were "under maintenance."
The dart boards looked interesting, but they keep the darts at the front desk. There was a line and only one girl working the counter, and at this point we were kinda turned off from all of the other inconveniences, so we decided to skip them.
For those interested, there are also a few racing games, and couple shooting games, two air hockey tables, DDR, and a punching bag game.
We didn't check out the food this time, because it wasn't clear where to order.
Overall, this place definitely has potential, and it easily gains at least another star once they get the kinks worked. Batting cages in the AC during the summer, is a no brainer. read more